Bible: 2 Peter 2:9-22

2:9– if so,1 then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials,2 and to reserve the unrighteous for punishment3 at the day of judgment,2:10especiallythose who indulgetheir fleshlydesires4andwho despiseauthority.

2:17These men33arewaterlessspringsandmistsdrivenbya storm, for whomthe utter depthsof darkness34have been reserved.2:18Forby speakinghigh-soundingbut empty words35they are able to entice,36withfleshlydesiresand with debauchery,37people38 who have just escaped39from those who resideinerror.402:19Although these false teacherspromise41such people42freedom, they themselves areenslavedto43 immorality.44Forwhatevera personsuccumbsto, to thathe is enslaved.452:20Forifafterthey have escapedthe filthy things46of the worldthroughthe rich knowledgeof our LordandSaviorJesusChrist,47they48againget entangledin themandsuccumbto them,49their last statehas becomeworsefor them than their first.2:21Forit would have beenbetterfor themneverto have knownthe wayof righteousnessthan, having knownit, to turn backfromthe holycommandmentthat had been deliveredto them.2:22Theyare illustrationsof this trueproverb:50 “A dogreturnstoits ownvomit,”51 and“A sow, after washingherself,52 wallowsin the mire.”53